{"id":3806,"date":"2024-06-07T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2024-06-07T11:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T16:23:00","slug":"driver-critically-hurt-in-fiery-18-wheeler-crash-near-new-caney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/texas-truck-accidents\/driver-critically-hurt-in-fiery-18-wheeler-crash-near-new-caney\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver critically hurt in fiery 18-wheeler crash near New Caney\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEAR NEW CANEY, TX \u2013 One tractor-trailer driver was left in critical condition following a two-18-wheeler collision that led one of the trucks to catch fire Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/news\/montgomery-county-18-wheeler-crash-i-69-fm-1485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX 26 Houston<\/a> said this crash happened on I-69 South up the road from FM 1485.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This collision happened when one of the tractor-trailers, a Swift transportation truck, stopped working and shut down on I-69. A second 18-wheeler, with a blue cab, rear-ended the Swift truck and caught on fire as a result.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fire crews were able to extinguish the blue-cab tractor-trailer, which was left significantly damaged. First responders said the Swift truck was hauling cartons of DEF Fluid for diesel engines while the blue cab was carrying cardboard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is unclear if the driver of the Swift truck was injured or hospitalized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1md4Wd-Mo60AnE-H6nSnojSgzDh96w80&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you were hurt in a tractor-trailer crash caused by another party, you could be owed money for medical\/rehabilitation bills, pain and suffering, lost income, and more. Our team of <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Texas tractor-trailer accident lawyers<\/strong><\/a> has a proven track record of securing billions overall in settlements and verdicts for clients all over the US who were hurt in truck crashes caused by negligent drivers. They have what it takes to successfully achieve favorable compensation on your behalf, whether at the negotiation table with the insurance company or at court. Set up a free consultation with Truck Accident Lawyers LLC, America\u2019s Primer Accident Law Group, today by calling our Texas office at <strong><a href=\"tel:(888)774-5836\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;],5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757\">(888)774-5836<\/a><\/strong> or sending us a <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact form<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEAR NEW CANEY, TX \u2013 One tractor-trailer driver was left in critical condition following a two-18-wheeler collision that led one of the trucks to catch fire Friday.\u00a0 FOX 26 Houston said this crash happened on I-69 South up the road from FM 1485.\u00a0 This collision happened when one of the tractor-trailers, a Swift transportation truck, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-texas-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3806"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3809,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806\/revisions\/3809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}